College Nights 2011, a two-evening informational program designed especially for high school students and their families, will be held for the eighth consecutive year Oct. 4-5 at Spring Woods High School, 2045 Gessner.

New school principals will head up leadership teams at several Spring Branch ISD campuses, including Memorial High, Spring Forest and Spring Woods middle schools, and Spring Shadows and Thornwood elementary schools. The new school year began on Aug. 22 for about 33,000 district students.

Despite realignment changes in divisions, the classic football rivalry between Memorial and Stratford high schools kicked off the athletics season Aug. 25 at Darrell Tully Stadium. Memorial won the annual match up 14-0 on the first night of the SBISD high school football season.

About 75 volunteers of all ages met at Sherwood Elementary on August 26 to help faculty and administrators prepare for the new school year.

The third annual church volunteer day was the biggest ever, and it resulted in improvements ranging from the reroofing of the prekindergarten's sandbox to repainting of the drive used for student drop off and pick up.

See a play. Become a part of the drama.Two separate Spring Branch ISD high schools open the Fall 2011 theater season with plays that pull people right out of the audience and onto stage to take part in the action.